Wishesh June 2015 Online E-Magazine

INGREDIENTS
• 1/2 kg mutton-cut into small pieces
• 1 cup onions-finely sliced
• Ghee for frying the onions
• 1 table spoon (tsp) of cumin seeds
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 cup clotted cream
• 2 Table spoon of chopped coriander \
leaves-to garnish
FOR THE MARINATE:
• 1 cup onions-grated
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp black cumin seeds salt to taste
• 1 cup yoghurt
• 1 tsp garam masala
FOR THE RICE:
• 2 cups basmati rice-cleaned and soaked in
water • 2 green cardamoms • 2 cloves
• 1/2 table spoon of black cumin seeds
a piece of cinnamon-broken into smaller
pieces • Salt to taste • 1/2 table spoon of
saffron-soaked in 1/4 cup of warm milk
• 2 Table spoon of ghee
DIRECTIONS
• Mix together all the spices and marinate the meat in it for 4 hours:
• Heat enough ghee in a broad pan. Fry the onions till they turn to
brown and crisp.
• Strain onions from the ghee and transfer on to an absorbent paper
and set aside.
• Take a half cup of ghee that is left in the pan, add the cumin seeds
and bay leaf, stir it for some time till there is any sort of difference of
change in color.
SHAHI MUTTON
BIRYANI
• Now, increase the heat and add the meat mixture which was kept
ready
• With excess heat, make sure you stir the meat till the pieces look
opaque.
• Then, reduce the heat and stir it for few times till the meat turns
tender
• If you observe, that it was not properly cooked, then add water and cook further.
• After the meat is cooked completely, let the water evaporate over high heat. Remove pan from stove and add the fried
onions, cream and coriander leaves and mix well. On the other hand, while the meat is cooking, drain the rice and set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee and add the black cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon. Stir a few times and add the rice
and the salt. Now add 2 1/2 cups of water, and bring to boil.
• Lower heat, cover and let the rice cook for a good number of minutes. Later, off the heat, leaving pan on stove. The rice should
be almost done.
• Just before half an hour of serving, divide the rice and meat separately. No take half of the meat out of the pan, leaving a layer
at the bottom. Now, spread this particular layer properly in the pan.
• Now cover this with a layer of half the rice, sprinkle half the saffron flavored milk over it, and then add the second layer of
meat and finally the other half of the rice. Sprinkle the rest of the milk and saffron mixture over rice.
• Seal pan with the wheat flour and place on the stove with a low flame for about half an hour.
• Now, your spicy ‘Shahi Mutton Biryani’ is ready. Eat it before the taste goes way in the form of heat.
• Recipe time: Well, the cooking time is 1.5 hour. But, it is for marination, we almost need 4 hours.
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